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In This Issue
Welcome from chairman
Annual PCC Awards 2018
Local NHW news & updates
Crimestoppers NW update
BDNW Team news, new members
Safer North Hants team news
CSPO team update
Basingstoke Police update
Updated Officer/Beat contacts
Basingstoke & Deane
Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter
Issue: 12, April 2019
Welcome to the first edition of 2019, the team and I are looking forward to another busy and successful year supporting NHW schemes across Basingstoke & Deane, now numbering over 630. Just like yourselves, we are all volunteers and spend quite a lot of time working behind the scenes on your behalf. We are currently
looking for a couple of additional members who could give us some time and expertise to spread the load a bit, if you think you might be interested please contact us.
We have now had three successful years holding an annual coordinators meeting at the Red Lion in
Basingstoke and we hope to do the same this year. The attendance has grown every year peaking at nearly 70 last year. We always try to vary the speakers to make sure we have items that you are interested in, last year we covered Rural Policing, the Detective branch and the new CEO of our national organisation came along to present his plans for the organisation. The feedback has been very positive so we want to do the same this year and this is where you come in—please let us know if you have anything you would like us to cover and we will try to sort this out. Remember if you don’t tell us then you’ll get what we think you want to hear about!!
One of the more time consuming issues we are having to deal with is trying to contact all of our coordinators who are registered on our database as active. We get quite a number of “bounced email” returns which often means they have simply changed their email and not told us. However, to try and resolve this proactively we now have an administrator Angela Dick, who is trawling through these details and checking to see if we have an alternative email address registered in Alert and if so using that to contact them. However if we have no other means we revert to a letter asking if you are still an active coordinator and asking for an up to date email address and contact details. By doing this we can connect you with NHW again and keep you updated on what’s going on, so if you receive a letter from her, please do reply letting her know if you wish to continue and your updated details—thank you. You can contact her directly at [email protected].
We are planning to attend a number of events this year supporting our colleague agencies, local events such as village hall fetes, the annual Fire Station event and the SNH Stronghold events around the area. If you can spare a couple of hours every so often to support us this would be most welcome, contact us and we will chat it over.
Finally, remember that the strength of Neighbourhood Watch is all of you staying in touch with your scheme community and making sure they receive all the information that is sent out. If this team can help you do
contact us, we would be happy to help you. Have a good year, John.
Message for Coordinators Please be advised that you cannot simply pass on the role to another resident or appoint new coordinators, they must be police checked and appointed by the BDNW team before taking over the role. You can obtain support from Brian Ad-ams or email the admin account and we will be pleased to sort it out for you.
Annual PCC Awards 2018 Terri Allison, a street coordinator at Oakley has received the December 2018 PCC “In Recognition” award a the ceremony held in Winchester. We are very pleased that one of our coordinators achieved this very prestigious award from the commissioner for
outstanding service to NHW and her scheme and residents.
Our chairman John Dick also received an award for his contribution to the NHW County team and the Basingstoke NHW team.
Congratulations to both of you.
Local Neighbourhood Watch Schemes updates
Winklebury Area Scheme
Andy McCormick & Ruth Cooper are the lead area coordinators.
The meetings have been going really well with typically 20 people in attendance at Hampton Court. The Facebook group has grown to about 350 members. Usually at the meetings residents take the opportunity to warn of scams and what they've seen. There are a few 'local celebrities' that are often talked about as well. Since our meetings are held in a hall that's part of a sheltered housing complex, we get quite a few pensioners attending, they prefer to be forewarned of anything that's going on: forewarned is forearmed!
The headline news from Winklebury was the robbery of the McColl's newsagents Sunday February 10th. The robbery took place late sunday night close to closing time (just before 10pm) and left residents genuinely shocked. One of the thieves was armed with a hammer and they made off with substantial cash.
There have been a few reports of attempted break-ins to homes, cars and sheds so more residents have now been warned to be watchful.
There are also people targeting residents with distraction burglaries, we had an attempted one where a resident had their door knocked on at 6.45pm by someone claiming they'd been sent to change their locks. When challenged, the suspect didn't show ID. This is quite a new one and residents should always be very wary, especially at this time of night—always challenge and ask for ID.
Some of the residents have been expressing concern at the risks posed by walking alone late at night, a particular
concern of some of the residents who are parents and whose teenage offspring routinely walk around Basingstoke late at night oblivious to the risks. That's all from Winklebury, Ruth & Andy.
Brighton Hill Area Scheme
Kate Bishop is the lead Area Coordinator, supported by Marion Williams and Andy McCormick.
This is our newest large scheme and we are pleased that a few residents have stepped up to be coordinators to support Kate. We also have the support of councillor Andy McCormick which is a huge bonus. Over the next few months we will be promoting the scheme across the ward, if you would like to join us, go to www.ourwatch.org.uk and pop in your postcode, select this scheme and
request to join, we will do the rest. You can also follow us on Facebook and we also post on the Brighton Hill Facebook community pages. Look forward to
hearing from you, Kate.
Neighbourhood Watch Brighton Hill is now on Facebook
Rural North Area Our regional coordinator works closely with all the schemes & communities and the rural policing team at Tadley station.
NHW is an important part of local community life in rural areas. Local residents in villages and surrounding farms know a significant percentage of their
neighbours unlike that which occurs in urban areas. They meet at the pub,
village fete, the church, village hall, local shop, local school and post office
although today some of those amenities are being closed Locals are very aware of strangers and unusual vehicles in the area, it could be called snooping but it can provide useful information for the police.
Although similar crimes are committed in urban and rural areas there are
additional crimes in the latter such as livestock rustling (nearly 10,000 sheep were reported as stolen in 2019 with an insured value of £2.4 million), theft of very expensive farming equipment some of which costs in excess of £250K,
saddlery from stables, Quad bikes, lead from village church roofs, gardening tools, power tools such as chain saws, hare coursing or lamping at night causing damage to crops, theft from cars parked in beauty spots while walkers enjoy walking their dogs, theft of dogs whilst being walked lose which is called Dognapping. Gangs are looking for specific fashionable breeds. It has become a serious issue such that the police suggest dog owners change their normal route and times of walking. Better still use runner leads or ensure your dog is well trained.
Criminals can approach properties on some false pretext or use Google Earth to see if owners have expensive mowers etc, assess the potential worth and then await the owners to go out or at night to accomplish the theft. There are many elderly residents living in isolated cottages who could be very vulnerable to threatening behaviour which could involve injury, theft or obtaining credit card details. Being isolated mean cry’s for help are to no avail.
NHW recognises that it is not only about crimes committed or the threat of crime but importantly looking after all issues in the community. These include lost animals, fly tipping, roads closed due to accidents or fallen trees, local events etc. The connection between NHW and the police is possibly stronger than in urban areas purely because the headcount between the two are very different. Rural police are required to provide monthly updates to parish councils
summarising crime details and whilst that is good information it tends to be out of date. NHW coordinators can provide the same information to its members the minute police notify them. This is particularly important if police are looking for witnesses and other information. Facebook can provide a similar role but many older people do not use it.
NHW, together with other charities such as Forestry Watch, Country Watch, Speed Watch etc can help the police and the well being of the local community. If you live in the countryside and would like further information or would like to be part of a local scheme or even set one up please contact NHW via the admin email (front page).
NHW organised the dousing of four fires in woods close to
Fly tipping takes all forms but causes major disruption and cost.
NHW Signage As I drive around our patch, I’m struck by how many signs are old and dirty and a number are unreadable. This is an open invitation to burglars, etc. and tends to indicate that the scheme is probably not active any longer.
If you are a coordinator we would appreciate it if you could occasionally check your signs to make sure they are still up and readable. If you need replacements we have overlay stickers available for the metal signs and a
number of replacement signs for the rest. If you are no longer able to get up to them, perhaps one of your scheme
members could help you.
Thanks, John.
BDNW Team update
We thought we would update you on who is on our team these days, as there have been a couple of
changes, you may also find this page useful later in the year when we conduct our annual AGM poll.
As already mentioned we are looking for a couple of additional members to help achieve this years goals, if you are interested do contact us.
John Dick is our chairman and attends several local scheme meetings every month as well as the NHW County meetings. He is also a Street Coordinator in Chineham and is also the County NHW
Crimestoppers representative. Let him know if you have a meeting and would like him to come along.
Tony Tuck is our vice chairman and attends a number of other meetings including the Police IAG and takes part in a number of other activities. He is also an Area Coordinator for Old Basing.
Marion Williams is our treasurer and looks after our finances. She is also an Area Coordinator for Brighton Hill.
Brian Adams is our Police Volunteer and spends most Fridays at the Basingstoke Neighbourhood Policing station. He is also a Street Coordi-nator in Kempshott.
Mike Coe has been in Neighbourhood Watch for several years and is our Rural Coordinator for the northern rural areas. He spends many hours out and about visiting village and outlying coordinators and staying in touch with the local rural policing unit at Tadley.
John Townsend-Rose is our technology expert and looks after our database system which holds our NHW data and is also a fountain of technical knowledge for the team. He is also a Street Coordinator in Basingstoke.
Kate Bishop has recently joined the team as our Secretary and is also an Area Coordinator for Brighton Hill. She has been a street coordinator for several years and brings a wealth of NHW knowledge and energy, welcome to the team.
Malcolm Wells is our newest member elect and will take over from Simon Arnett who has unfortunately had to resign due to work pressures. Malcolm is an Area Coordinator for Chineham and is also a Street coordinator. We would like to thank him for stepping into Simon’s roles.
Community Safety Patrol team (CSPO’s)
Website: https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/cspo-team
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01256 844844 and ask for the Community Safety Patrol team
News from the Basingstoke Safer North Hampshire teams Email: [email protected] Web: www.safernh.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/safernorthhants Twitter: www.twitter.com/safernorthhants
Did you know there is a great way to report problems with your road now, it’s called “Fix My Street” and is available on the web or via apps on your smartphone. The apps are available in your smartphone store and the web address is https://www.fixmystreet.com/
Christmas Crime Prevention Roadshow
Members of the BDNW team supported this event at Festival Place in early December and it was good to meet some of you who stopped to say hello. We also connected with a number of people who wanted to find out more about NHW and some have subsequently agreed to start schemes.
Crimestoppers News John Dick attends this bi-monthly meeting with the county Crimestoppers team and makes sure NHW topics are included and taken into account. We share support for a number of their projects, the best known is probably the Most Wanted annual campaign using an Advan and is run in conjunction with the Police. It is hoped to run another campaign this year, watch your email and Alert
messages for details.
We are often asked if calls to Crimestoppers actually make any difference, well Yes they do, here are the current statistics dated to end October 2018. The reason they seem late is simply that it takes time for intelligence to provide results and get through the legal
system and show up on the statistics. They make good reading and demonstrate very positive results from all of our calls to them, please keep it up;
1) The most reported crime was Drug Trafficking & Supply by far this quarter, making up over 40% of total calls to Crimestoppers.
2) The next most reported crimes were Drink Driving and Possessions of Weapons.
3) October 2018 yielded a total of 105 positive outcomes (33 in October 2017) leading to a total of 3 arrests or convictions to date
(In October 2017 there were 5). These were in relation to Drugs Manufacture & Cultivation and Disqualified & Uninsured drivers (Remember that the law moves slowly and more cases could be in the pipeline still).
4) In every crime measured, there has been a marked increase in the number of reports via Crimestoppers which shows that the
message is getting through.
John is always ready to come along to your meetings and give a short presentation on Crimestoppers, it takes around 30 minutes in-cluding questions usually, contact him if you would like to invite him at [email protected].
In the next 4 weeks a new map showing the officers and their patrol areas will be published. Once we have a copy we will post it on
our website and send out an Alert message to you.
The Basingstoke Police Commander is Chief Inspector Stuart Ratcliffe, he can be contacted via the 101 number.
Did you know that you can access all your local police and crime information in one place, WWW.POLICE.UK. You can find out your local police team and contact details, access the local crime map with details and much more. It works on all Internet enabled devices. You can also report 101 type information online now and it’s much easier and faster, go to the Hampshire Police website and follow the links.
Richard Lane, Basingstoke Town Neighbourhood Policing Team Inspector.
Many thanks to all of you who took the time to take part in our Community Priority Crime Survey. We had 757 replies in all, which was an excellent response. Burglaries, theft from motor vehicles and drugs related issues were the top three crime types identified.
Recently, over a period of four weeks, my Drugs Related Harm Team have made 13 arrests in for drug supply offences, seized three knives, confiscated £1300.00 of suspected drugs money and conducted 21 stop and searches, half of which resulted in an arrest.
At the time of writing, we are giving additional focus to a series of thefts from motor vehicles in Chineham and Popley. There are very different types of car crimes. One current trend involves unlocked cars being targeted and small, portable items such as cash are stolen. Please take a couple of seconds to check that your car is locked. Another involves the deliberate targeting of BMWs in order to steal the steering wheel. There are
plenty options to help you prevent this offence, including putting in place physical barriers such as a steering wheel locks, fitting a tracking device or buying a signal blocking pouch that prevent criminals form being able to detect the code on your key.
We are also focusing on a recent burglary series in the southern part of a rural sector covering The Candovers, Herriard and Hurstbourne Priors. As ever, with all crime types, please look to keep each other safe and let us know about suspicious activity that you spot. We value the help you give us.
Brian Adams is working with a number of your coordinators in order to bring them to the police station to meet their local NPT officers. It has become increasingly difficult to come to see you and this seems to be a good
solution, so thank you Brian for your hard work.
If you would like any further advice, then please feel free to contact your local Neighbourhood Policing Teams. If you would like to contact us, please use 999 in an emergency and 101 for non emergency calls. You can also report crimes and incidents of antisocial behaviour on our website – www.hampshire.police.uk
Neighbourhood Policing Team Basingstoke Town
PS 21658 Jen LOVEGROVE
PS 25088 Trevor TAYLOR
12BB01 South - Brighton Hill, Kempshott, Hatch Warren and Beggarwood
PC 20069 Alex ANDERSON [email protected]
PCSO 15950 Debbie DOHERTY [email protected]
12BB02 Centre - Eastrop, Brookvale and Kings Furlong, Grove
PC 20686 Dan CARTER [email protected]
PC 27574 Christian REID MILLIGAN [email protected]
PC 23164 Christian GELDARD [email protected]
PC 24437 Tryffena HANCOCK [email protected]
PCSO 16281 Lee GARDNER [email protected]
PCSO 15947 James HEADEN [email protected]
12BB03 North - Norden and Popley
PC 25308 Andrew WHITE [email protected]
PC 2984 Adrian PINNOCK [email protected]
PCSO 16287 Christie NORIIS [email protected]
12BB04 West - South Ham, Buckskin, Winklebury and Rooksdown
PC 27567 Emily COOKE [email protected]
PC 27430 Rebecca MASON [email protected]
PC 21585 Kersten STUDD [email protected]
PCSO 16489 Ulrike MAIER [email protected]
PCSO 16344 Ryan LONG [email protected]
PCSO 16445 Charlotte MORING [email protected]
12BB05 East - Chineham and Basing
PC 21514 Aiden BLACKWELL [email protected]
PCSO 13282 Laura STEER [email protected]
Basingstoke Rural Beat Areas
PS 1304 Martin CULLIS
PS 21036 Sebastian PEARCE
12BL01 Rural South – Whitchurch, Overton, Oakley, Upton Grey, The Candovers.
PC 21091 Ross HOLDSWORTH [email protected]
PC 3746 Andrew REID [email protected]
PCSO 13301 Andrew JONES [email protected]
12BL02 Rural East – Tadley Central, Tadley South, Pamber, Silchester, Bramley, Sherfield
PC 23206 Lee STANBROOK [email protected]
PCSO 16173 Emma PAGE [email protected]
PCSO 16493 Luke ROBINSON [email protected]
12BL03 Rural West – East Woodhay, Burglclere, Kingsclere, Baughurst, Sherborne St John
PC 23888 Simon DENTON [email protected]
PC 25569 Martyn EVANS [email protected]
PCSO 12960 John DULLINGHAM [email protected]
CSPO (Community Safety Patrol Officers) Beats
You can contact them as follows;
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01256 844844
12BB01 78 CSPO Matthew Swales-Glasscoe
12BB02 70 CSPO Paul Davis
12BB03 75 Paula James-Bailey
79 Ashley White
12BB04 73 David Mason
77 Martin Lee
12BB05 72 Kerri Swinfield
81 Charlotte Tall
12BL01 76 Daniel White
12BL02 72 Kerri Swinfield
81 Charlotte Tall
12BL03 71 Sarah Ratcliff
